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Stonehenge Festival Campaign Quarterly News – Spring 2020 Equinox

This issue dedicated to Maureen PooleAka Mo Lodge – 30th March 1953 “Mo was famous – she spoke a lot of sense and walked the talk “ – Helen Dancer Many of you, will by now, have heard of the … Continue reading

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As a child, I roamed Dartmoor – and it shaped me. But across England, that freedom is being trampled on

Rosie Jewell – How can we expect people to care for the countryside if they are denied access to it? We must fight for our right to roam When people ask me where I’m from, I wryly tell them “the … Continue reading

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How I Turned my Android Phone Into a Camera Monitor

I’ve used the advantage of using my phone larger screen as an external monitor. Useful for studio and location shots. landscape etc and especially useful for me in re-photographing my negative archive. [Not much cop in a riot though]. How … Continue reading

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Lecture 2 Festivals Events 400 pics. 60mins

Lecture 2 Festivals Events 400 pics. 60mins Festivals, Travellers, Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Free Party, Music, Environmental Protest, Reclaim the Street, Unions, Civil Disobedience, Policemen and …….. Lecture Slideshow 2 60mins. 400 pics / 9 sec change

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Traveller E Raver’ by Italian Publishers ‘Shake Edizioni Underground’

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Bristol van dweller numbers have quadrupled says report

By Pete Simson & Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley BBC News, Bristol The number of van dwellers in Bristol has quadrupled since 2020, according to new figures. A Bristol City Council report said the number had increased from 100-150 three years ago, to 600-650 in … Continue reading

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‘Negative Art’

I the middle of re-photographing black and white negatives. Thought I do a couple of direct negatives without inversion.

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Much of England’s ‘national landscapes’ out of bounds, say campaigners

Right to Roam finds areas of outstanding natural beauty have on average poorer footpath access than rest of England Helena Horton Environment reporterFri 15 Mar 2024 12.00 GMTShare England’s most stunning “national landscapes” are largely out of bounds, and 22 of … Continue reading

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Right to roam: paths to 2,500 public areas are being blocked by landowners due to outdated laws

Vixen Tor is a distinctive, craggy granite outcrop on the western side of Dartmoor, the largest and highest upland area in southern England. But this secluded moorland beauty spot, with a right to roam provided by the Countryside and Rights of Way … Continue reading

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Castlemorton, May 1992 : A Slideshow

The annual Avon Free Festival which had been occurring in the area around the May bank holiday for several years, albeit in different locations. [Inglestone, Sodbury Commons etc]. However, 1992 was the year Avon and Somerset Police intended to put … Continue reading

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Bristol venue to host legendary 90s rave sound systems and DJs at ‘free party’ exhibition

The event at Lost Horizon will bring together some of the most instrumental people from the early 1990s free party scene By Mark Taylor Life Writer Festivalgoers these days are used to paying hundreds of pounds for the privilege of … Continue reading

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Free Party Exhibition and Show. A Retrospective

Free Party Exhibition and Show. A Retrospective Lost Horizons, Bristol Samsung S10 4K Video 3840 x2160 I’m there again next Saturday 28th May and on the panel discussion then: 4pm – 5pm – Talks w. Q&A – DiY (Harry H … Continue reading

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Free Party, A Retrospective. Film and Panel discussion at Lost Horizon, Bristol

Free Party, A Retrospective. Film and Panel discussion at Lost Horizon, Bristol. * Aaron Trinder, Filmmaker* Harry Harrison, DiY* Steff Pickles, Traveller* Alan Lodge, ‘Tash’, Photographer …. video of the panel by Sam also check out the groove at ….

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My Castlemorton Exhibition of Photographs in Berlin. 18 January – March 2024

At the British Shorts Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. As the co-organiser of the British Shorts Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. We are an independent weeklong festival organised with a love for all kinds and genres of short films and … Continue reading

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One Minute ‘sketch’ around Nottingham

One Minute ‘sketch’ around Nottingham Insta360 Ace Pro – 4K Video 3840 x2160

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A first test to see if this sends a tweet?

Have just set this up using the ‘Uncanny Automator’ plugin for my WordPress Blog. https://automatorplugin.com

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Up to Kinder Scout by Jacobs Ladder

Kinder Scout, Derbyshire Peak District 60 second TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGefxqFyP/

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Re-Photographing / Digitising my Photographic Archives

Illustrating my method of digitising the work. A Nikon Z9 mirrorless camera. A 50mm macro 1:1 lens and a Nikon ES-2 copying attachment with negative and transparency racks. Then post-processing in Adobe Lightroom. Inverting from negative to positive and correction … Continue reading

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A Photographic Archive

Here at Tash Towers, this is my photographic library of Black and White negative and Colour Transparencies taken between 1979 and 2003. After 2003, my work has been most digital. Hence there is a shedload of scanning / re-photographing the … Continue reading

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MPs, understand this: protests are inevitable when you fail to represent the people

Andy Beckett Politics is not just an activity conducted in Westminster corridors, with the voters locked out – as marches over the climate crisis and Gaza show Sun 10 Mar 2024 13.01 GMT Where should politics happen? For most MPs, … Continue reading

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